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Unsubscribe any time. ![Experience](https://www.intwo.com/hubfs/Experience.svg) ## 20+ Years of Experience ![accrdition](https://www.intwo.com/hubfs/accrdition.svg) ## 07 Microsoft Accreditations ![cust](https://www.intwo.com/hubfs/cust.svg) ## 400+ Customers Worldwide ![gmap](https://www.intwo.com/hubfs/gmap.svg) ## 11 Global Offices CLOUD RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT · UAE **Your region isn't your recovery plan.** The 2025 Geo-political situation highlighted what a gap analysis often misses: when multiple availability zones fail simultaneously, single-region architectures — whether on-premise, co-located, or cloud-native — have no fallback path. 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First Name \* Last Name \* Work Email \* Company Name \* Phone Number \* Your Role Select your role CEO / Managing Director CFO / Finance Leader CIO / CTO / Head of IT VP / Director of Technology Cloud / Infrastructure Manager Other Senior Leader Confirm My Assessment → By submitting you agree to Intwo's privacy policy. Your information is used solely to arrange your assessment and will never be shared. ## Disaster Recovery Assessment **Note:** You can add comments for each question. ### 1. The "Worst-Case" Clarity Context: Outages are rarely a complete shutdown. More often, a specific region, availability zone, or service fails while the rest keeps running. The real challenge is knowing what to do in those first few minutes. Detail: Think about this honestly—if something breaks right now, does your team act immediately, or does it turn into a bridge call figuring things out? This question is really about your readiness under pressure. Choose what best describes you: We don’t have a defined plan. We usually check provider status (Azure/AWS) and figure things out as we go. We have a runbook, but it’s more of a document than something we actively rely on We have a well-defined and tested process. Failover is automated or clearly orchestrated, and everyone knows their role. ### 2. The "Ransomware" Safety Net Context: Today’s biggest risk isn’t just outages—it’s malicious access. If someone gains high- level access, one of the first things they’ll try is deleting your backups. Detail: The key question here is: Even if your environment is compromised, can your backups survive? Choose what best describes you: Backups exist, but they’re in the same environment and can be deleted by admins Backups are stored separately (different region/account), but deletion is still possible with the right access. Backups are immutable (cannot be deleted for a fixed period) and require multiple approvals for critical actions. ### 3. The "Silent Failure" Map Sometimes everything looks “green” in your cloud dashboard, but your application is still down. Why? A hidden dependency—like a VPN, identity service, or third-party API—failed. This is about how well your system handles partial failures without collapsing completely. Choose what best describes you: We don’t have a clear view of dependencies. Failures tend to bring everything down. We understand dependencies, but haven’t built safeguards if they fail Our system is designed to continue operating in a “degraded mode” if non-critical components fail. ### 4. The "Last Time We Checked" A DR plan may look perfect on paper—but until it’s tested, it’s just a theory. Testing often reveals small but critical issues—like access gaps, expired certificates, or missing firewall rules. Choose what best describes you: We’ve never tested failover in a real scenario. We’ve discussed it (tabletop exercise), but haven’t executed it end-to- end. We’ve performed real failover drills recently, with actual systems or traffic. ### 5. The "Business Reality" Alignment There’s often a gap between what the business expects and what IT can actually deliver during an outage. Are recovery targets realistic and validated? Choose what best describes you: We don’t have clearly defined recovery targets (RTO/RPO). Targets are defined, but we’re not fully confident we can meet them. Targets are agreed with business stakeholders and validated through testing. ### 6. The "Configuration Drift" Problem Your production environment changes constantly. If your DR setup isn’t updated the same way, it slowly becomes outdated—and unreliable This is really about automation vs manual effort. Choose what best describes you: DR setup is mostly manual and rarely updated. We update DR after major changes, but it’s a manual process. DR is automatically kept in sync using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, etc.). ### 7. The "Data Integrity" Handshake Replication will copy everything—including corrupted or encrypted data. Can you recover clean, usable data from a specific point in time—and have you actually tested it? Choose what best describes you: We rely mainly on replication. We take backups, but rarely test restoring them We regularly test restores to ensure data is accurate and usable. ### 8. The "Single Point of Failure" (Human) What happens if your key cloud expert is unavailable during an incident? This question is about how much your recovery depends on individuals vs documented processes. Choose what best describes you: Only a few people know how to recover the system. Knowledge is shared, but execution is still complex and not fully documented. Recovery steps are clearly documented and can be executed by any trained team member ### 9. The "Traffic Rerouting" Logic Failover is only useful if users can actually reach the recovered system. Manual DNS changes can take time and introduce delays. Choose what best describes you: We manually update DNS or routing during failover. We have scripts, but someone still needs to trigger them. Traffic routing is automated (e.g., global load balancing, DNS failover). ### 10. The "Cost of Insurance" Balance Disaster recovery is essentially insurance—you don’t want to overspend, but underinvesting can be risky. The goal is aligning cost with business importance. Choose what best describes you: We don’t have visibility into DR-related costs. We have a general setup, but it’s not optimized for different workloads. We use a tiered approach—higher protection for critical systems, cost- efficient options for others. Previous Next Submit Why this matters now ## Resilience isn't about the platform. It's about what happens when it fails. Most outages aren't caused by cloud providers - they're caused by gaps in planning, untested recovery processes, and assumptions that were never validated. Core Disaster Recovery ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Core DR Azure Site Recovery (ASR) Continuously replicates your running machines to a second Azure region. If your Dubai hub fails, applications spin up automatically elsewhere - no manual intervention, no rebuilding from scratch. RPO: Seconds · RTO: Minutes ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Database DR Azure SQL Active Geo-Replication Your databases stay live and consistent across regions in real time. When failover triggers, your data is already there - synchronized, current, and immediately accessible in the recovery region. Zero data loss · Always-on sync ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Management Azure Recovery Services Vault Centralized management of backup and disaster recovery across your entire environment - VMs, databases, file servers - from a single dashboard with full audit trails and compliance reporting. Centralized · Auditable · Board-ready Data Replication & Global Routing ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Storage Azure Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) Your data is replicated across Azure regions in real time, with no manual intervention required. Even if your primary region becomes completely inaccessible, your data is already safe at the secondary location. Real-time · Automatic · Zero-touch ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Routing Azure Traffic Manager Intelligent DNS-level routing that redirects your users to the healthy region automatically and transparently. Your customers experience no downtime - seamlessly routed to where your services are running. DNS-level · Transparent · Instant ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Global CDN Azure Front Door Global intelligent routing that keeps your customer-facing services online even during a regional event. Combines load balancing, WAF protection, and failover routing in a single always-on global delivery layer. Global · WAF · Failover routing Geographic Protection & Compliance ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Regions Azure Availability Zones + Paired Regions Layered protection from hardware failure right through to full regional disruption. Azure's UAE North ↔ UAE Central pairing keeps you compliant locally, with out-of-region options for critical workloads requiring maximum protection. UAE PDPL · Saudi NCA · Compliant ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Backup Cross-Region & Out-of-Region Backup Azure Backup with cross-region restore places copies of your most critical data safely beyond any single geography - structured to meet your regulatory requirements even when stored outside the Middle East. Beyond the region · Compliance-aligned ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Governance Azure Arc Unified governance and management across all your Azure regions and environments from a single control plane. Enforce security policies and compliance standards consistently across every geography you operate in. Multi-region · Single pane of glass Orchestration & Managed Operations ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Automation Azure Monitor & Automation Runbooks Proactive health monitoring with automated recovery orchestration - so when something goes wrong, the response triggers before your team even receives a notification. Failover happens in the background, automatically, reliably. Automated · Pre-notification response ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Testing Automated Failover Testing Run sandboxed DR drills as frequently as needed - without touching production. Your team gets documented, repeatable evidence that recovery works, tested against real RTO/RPO targets set for your specific business. Sandboxed · Zero production impact ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Managed Ops Intwo Managed Cloud Operations Ongoing Intwo oversight - monthly DR testing, compliance reporting, optimization reviews, and a dedicated team who knows your environment. Resilience isn't a project we deliver. It's a practice we maintain with you. Ongoing · Dedicated · Monthly reviews ![INTWO PLATFORM VALIDATE SIGN](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/INTWO%20PLATFORM%20VALIDATE%20SIGN.png?width=45&height=35&name=INTWO%20PLATFORM%20VALIDATE%20SIGN.png) 25 \+ Years in GCC ![your ERP ANY SYSTEM](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png?width=40&height=35&name=your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png) 400 \+ Customers worldwide ![your ERP ANY SYSTEM](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png?width=40&height=35&name=your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png) 07 \+ Microsoft Accreditations ![your ERP ANY SYSTEM](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png?width=40&height=35&name=your%20ERP%20ANY%20SYSTEM.png) 11 Global offices ![PEPPOL NETWORK](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PEPPOL%20NETWORK.png?width=32&height=35&name=PEPPOL%20NETWORK.png) Expert Azure MSP status Why this matters now ## Resilience isn't about the platform. It's about what happens when it fails. Most outages aren't caused by cloud providers - they're caused by gaps in planning, untested recovery processes, and assumptions that were never validated. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Physical infrastructure is a target The January 2026 strikes proved that cloud data centres are no longer immune from physical disruption. Geo-redundancy and out-of-region backup are no longer optional for critical workloads. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Ransomware deletes your backups first Modern ransomware targets backup infrastructure before encrypting production. If your backups live in the same environment as your workloads, they will be gone before you know there's an incident. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) An untested plan is not a plan Most DR runbooks look solid on paper. Most have never been executed under real conditions. The gaps - expired certificates, missing firewall rules, unclear ownership - only appear when you actually test. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) PDPL and CBUAE create legal obligation UAE PDPL and Central Bank cloud guidance are not advisory. Data residency, recovery capability, and incident reporting obligations now carry regulatory consequence. Non-compliance is a board-level liability. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Your recovery depends on one person In most organisations, one or two engineers know how the DR process actually works. When they're on holiday, unreachable, or unavailable during an incident - recovery depends on whoever is left guessing. ![Data Foundation](https://www.intwo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Data%20Foundation.png?width=26&height=35&name=Data%20Foundation.png) Configuration drift makes DR silently obsolete Your production environment changes constantly. If your DR setup isn't updated in sync, it slowly becomes outdated without anyone noticing - until the moment you need it most. #### What does one hour of downtime cost your business? Estimates based on publicly available figures from affected UAE enterprises during the January 2026 incident. Your number depends on your industry, revenue, and customer obligations. AED 200K SME / Mid-market AED 1.2M+ Enterprise AED 5M+ Financial Services Your Layered Protection Model ## Five Layers of Resilience. Built Into Your Architecture. Every Intwo Azure architecture protects your business from a hardware fault all the way through to a full regional disruption. 01 Within Region Azure Availability Zones for infrastructure-level redundancy. Always on. 02 Cross-Region ASR replication to Azure UAE paired region. Automatic failover in minutes. 03 Out-of-Region Critical data mirrored to Azure region outside the Middle East. Compliance-aligned. 04 Migration CMI Framework - phased, zero-disruption workload distribution across geographies. 05 Orchestration Automated runbooks, tested recovery, and monthly DR drills. Continuously proven. What to Expect ## Your 60-Minute Assessment - What We Cover. This is not a sales call. It is a working session with an Intwo Azure cloud specialist who will give you an honest, expert view of your current exposure - and a clear path forward. 01 #### Architecture Review We map your current cloud setup - regions, workloads, replication strategy - and identify exactly which layers of protection are in place and which are missing. 02 #### Risk Quantification We put a business number against your exposure. How long would your business be offline? What would that cost? Board-ready, plain-English answers - no jargon. 03 #### Azure Resilience Roadmap A prioritized, phased plan showing what it would take to move from your current state to a fully protected Azure multi-region architecture - with clear scope, timeline, and cost ranges. 04 #### All Your Questions, Answered Honestly Data sovereignty. Compliance. Migration risk. UAE PDPL, Saudi NCA, sector-specific regulatory requirements across the GCC. We answer everything - without spin. ## The Next Disruption Should Bea Bump, Not a Breakdown. Book your complimentary Azure DR Assessment.No sales pressure. No obligation. Just an honest conversation between people who care whether your business keeps running. [Book My Assessment →](https://www.intwo.com/book-your-free-azure#readiness-form) Free DR Resilience Assessment ## Find out where you stand. In 5 minutes. At no cost. 10 questions across the dimensions that matter most in a real incident. You'll get an instant maturity score, your key gaps, and a personalised report in your inbox. Score tiers Fragile High exposure. Recovery likely slow, manual, and unpredictable. Immediate action needed. 10–20 Developing Foundations in place but execution is inconsistent. Recovery possible but not reliable. 21–35 Resilient Well-prepared with structured processes. Most failures handled with minimal disruption. 36–45 Elite Mature, automated, continuously validated. 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